Adrianne Calvo
| Adrianne Calvo | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 7, 1984 Chicago, Illinois |
| Education | Johnson & Wales University |
| Website |
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| Culinary career | |
| Cooking style | American |
Adrianne Calvo (born February 7, 1984) is an American chef, author, television personality, and restaurateur. Calvo is the owner of Chef Adrianne’s Vineyard Restaurant and Wine Bar in Miami, Florida.
Adrianne Calvo was born in Chicago, Illinois to a Cuban father, Manuel Calvo, and Cuban mother, Magaly Calvo. Adrianne was the eldest of two daughters. The family left Chicago to escape the harsh winters and moved to Miami where Adrianne attended Braddock Senior High School.
In 2006 Calvo lost her younger sister to toungue cancer, which motivated her to partner up with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to set up ‘’Young Chefs Cooking for a Cure” in order to help children suffering from cancer, along with their families.
In 2002, Calvo enrolled at the culinary school Johnson & Wales University and entered more than forty national competitions, receiving first place in ten of the competitions and runner-up in all the rest, which gave her the opportunity to cater the 2003 World Series for the champion Florida Marlins.
In 2004, after graduating top of her class from, Calvo became the youngest chef to work at the five diamond Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Miami; there she had the opportunity to master her craft by working under executive chef Patrick Lassaque, who had been the executive pastry chef of the Ritz Carlton in Paris for twenty years. After working at Mandarin Oriental, Calvo took a trip to Napa Valley, California, where she then sharpened her craft under Chef Thomas Keller and Chef Cindy Pawlcyn. That experience gave her the inspiration for her now restaurant “Chef Adrianne’s Vineyard Restaurant and Wine Bar” in Miami and her two cookbooks.
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